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Not everyone has the finances to afford a dedicated tow vehicle so they need a dual purpose vehicle. Not everyone has a need for a pickup in their daily lives and look to tow with something else. Many folks on here tend to write off any tow vehicle other than large pickups.
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And therein lies one of the critical decisions in these processes of picking a tow vehicle:
Do you want towing performance, or do you want compromise ?
Each individual has to make up their own mind what they are willing to do in their particular situation.